Poem

by Amir Or, Helena Berg (Translator), Fiona Sampson (Afterword)

Or examines language, poetry, and relationships at the same time as he is writing the poem, so that it feels as if you are alive within the poem and watching the poem's developments, its relationship to reality, and its creative function. Utterly contemporary in form and theme, it opens new horizons for poetry in any language.

79 pages, Paperback

First published November 15, 2004

About the author

Amir Or (born 1956), is an Israeli editor, translator and award-winning poet whose works have been published in more than 40 languages.

Amir Or was born in Tel Aviv. He has worked as a shepherd, builder and restaurateur. He studied philosophy and comparative religion at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where he later lectured on Ancient Greek Religion. Or has published essays on poetry, classics and religious studies, and has taught creative writing in universities in Israel, Europe, USA and Japan.

Or is the author of twelve volumes of poetry as of late 2016, and his latest books in Hebrew are The Madman's Prophecy (2012), Loot (selected poems 1977-2013)(2013) and Wings (2015). Or also published a fictional epic in metered prose, The Song of Tahira (2001) and the novel The Kingdom (2015) about the life of king David and contemporary society.

He is the 2020 Winner of Golden Wreath in Struga Poetry Festival.